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Dr. Hema T

MBBS, M.S, D.N.B, FMAS, FMIBS, FRLCRS

Senior Consultant Surgeon

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Dr. Hema T, an efficient Senior Consultant in the department of General Surgery at Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore, has more than two decades of experience to her credit.

Experience

  • A doctor of high caliber, she is an expert in Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal & Bariatric surgical practice.
  • She is also adept in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgical practice.
  • She is a specialist in Breast & Endocrine surgical practice and General Surgical practice.
  • She has gained tremendous expertise from treating hundreds of thousands of cases in all her specialities. She has also received exclusive, hands-on Fellowship training in Bariatric, Colorectal, Endocrine and Breast Surgeries from some of the best centres in the world.
  • Dr. Hema has a Fellowship training in Bariatric Surgery from Cleveland Clinic, Florida under Dr Raul Rosenthal.
  • She has experience with hundreds of cases of Lap Band, Sleeve gastrectectomy, Gastric Bypass, Duodenal switch, duodeno-jejunal bypass, etc.
  • She has completed Fellowship training in Robotic and Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery at Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, under the guidance of Professor Seon Hahn Kim.
  • She also received specialised training in Breast and Endocrine Surgeries from SGPGI, Lucknow under Dr S.K. Mishra.
  • She is trained in Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS; stood third in the exam) and Metabolic Surgery (Ileal Transposition) for treatment of Diabetes.
  • She has also worked as a lecturer, Assistat Professor.

Specialty Interest

  • Laparoscopic Surgeries.
  • Bariatric Surgeries.

Research & Publications

  • She was credited with Best Paper Prize at Update Ayurveda’ 98 for her Paper on ‘Leech Therapy: A Novel Therapy for Complicated Varicose Veins’.
  • She has been awarded IAGES Travelling Fellowship for training in Basic Laparoscopic Surgery.
  • She has many publications to her credit. She has also co-authored a few papers. Few of these include
    • ‘Conservative management of Blunt Liver Trauma’ B.S. Acharya (alias Hema), et al. Indian J Surg: 2001; 63: 385-8;.
    • ‘Unusual Complications of Acute Necrotising Pancreatitis – Report Of Three Cases’ B S Acharya, S Nagral. Bombay Hosp. J 2002; 44:462-4;.
    • ‘Primary Duodenal Tuberculosis- A Rare Cause Of Duodenal Fistulae’ BS Acharya, A Iyer, RD Bapat. Bombay Hosp. J 2002; 44:451-2;.
    • ‘Catecholamine Secreting Adrenal Myelolipoma’ Hema Tadimari, Anand Kumar Mishra, Sushil Gupta, Amit Agarwal. Indian J Med Sci 2006; 60;.
    • ICMR Short term Research Project guide (2005) for – “Incidence Of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis in Thyroid Surgery For Benign Thyroid Disease”.
      • She has many scientific presentations at MASICON. Notable among them are
        • ‘PEG : Superior nutritional support in recovering head injuries’.
        • ‘Leech therapy - a novel therapy for complicated varicose veins’; ‘Conservative management of Blunt Liver Trauma’.
        • ‘Evaluation of Free Radicals as Prognostic Markers in Acute Pancreatitis And Hyperparathyroidism’ .
        • ‘Acute Mesentric Ischemia’; ‘ Surgery For Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Experience Over 18 Years’ ‘Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding – Indian Scenario’.
      • Life Member – Association of Surgeons of India (ASI).
      • Life Member – Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES).
      • Founder Member – Association Of Minimal Access Surgeons Of India (AMASI).
      • Life Member – Indian Medical Association.
      • Life Member - All India Association for the Advancement of Research in Obesity (AIAARO).